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WAIST BELT. No. 566,626. Patented Aug. 25, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

JOHN F. SCHOTZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WAIST-BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,626, dated August25, 1896. Application filed May 28, 1896. Serial No. 593,428. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN F. SCHOTZ, of New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ladys v/Vaist-Belt,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an inside waist-belt especially adapted forladies use, and the object of the invention is to construct a belt whichmay be worn with comfort and which is particularly adapted forcontracting the figure at the junction of the hips with the waist in amanner to lengthen the waist, accomplishing a result not obtainable bythe use of a corset, no matter how tightly the corset may be drawn tothe figure.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formin. g a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a view illustrating the belt applied to the figure. Fig. 2is an inside view of the belt, one of the pockets therein being opened;and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal horizontal section through the belt.

In carrying out the invention the body portion of the belt A may be madeof any suitable material, and at each side of the central portion of thebody, upon the inner face of the same,a pocket 10 is formed by theattachment of the body material to a strip 10" of proper material.XVit-hin each pocket a spring 11 is located, extending practically fromend to end, and the said spring is reinforced upon its inner face by anadded strip of a spring material, preferably of a lozenge or diamondshape; but this inner leaf 12 of the spring may be given other shape, ifin practice it is found desirable, the leaf or inner section 12 of thespring being secured to the main spring 11 by means of rivets 13 ortheir equivalents, and the outermost rivet passing through a slot 13 inthe main spring to permit the two springs to adapt themselves to thecurvature of the body.

Between the two pockets containing the aforesaid springs a space 1% isformed, at which space the flexible body material of the belt isdisclosed, and at one end of the said belt a flexible tab 15 is formed,which may also be made by a continuation of the body material beyond theouter end of the pocket at that portion of the belt, and at the oppositeend of the belt the body material is likewise exposed, or the belt ismade flexible and is provided with a buckle 16 or the equivalent of thesame. The upper edge of the belt is concaved and the lower edge of thebelt is convened, while the main springs 11 follow the contour of thebelt proper.

The belt is adapted to be worn over the corset, as shown in Fig. 1, andwhen it is drawn tight upon the person it will compress the flesh wherethe waist and hip lines come to gether, drawing in the hip portion ofthe figure to such an extent as to cause the surface of the figureembraced by the belt to form a continuation of the waist line, therebylengthening the waist, and this is accomplished without discomfort tothe wearer, and it cannot be accomplished by the fitting of a corset,owing to the corset having to be carried downward over the hips. Thesprings 11 and 12 effectually serve to maintain the body encompassed bythe spring portions of the belt uniformly in a contracted position, andthe curvature of the belt is such as to conform to the desired shape ofthe figure and prevent the belt being uncomfortable while being worn.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a belt,consisting of a body of flexible material having apocket on each side ofthe center and provided with fastening devices at its ends, the upperedge of the belt being concave and the lower edge convex, and a springin each pocket, said spring consisting of two leaves loosely connectedtogether, as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a belt, consisting of a body portionof flexible mate rial having a pocket at each side of the center andprovided with fastening devices at its ends, the upper edge of the beltbeing concave and the lower edge convex, and aspring in each pocket,said spring consisting of two leaves loosely connected together, oneleaf being of the shape of the belt and the other diamond shape, asspecified.

JOHN F. SCHOTZ.

Witnesses J. FRED. AOKER, 5N0. M. BITTER.

